Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 28, 2014
November 27, 2014
November 29, 2014
Transcript:
Caption: The representative government zeitgeist.
Sign under lamp: CONSTITUENT ENTRANCE *arrow pointing down*
Sign by man in red: CORPORATE ENTRANCE ONLY
Red roof says: Le Capitol
I suppose the irony is lost on some here as they go into their anti-union talking points on the day after a holiday, many of whom get both thursday and friday off to make it a 4-day weekend. Just where do you think the concept of a holiday, and even the weekend, came from? Generous industrialists?Many people literally died fighting for such things we take for granted today in the workplace. Think about it before you parrot the talking points of the 1%. I only wish they were anywhere near as powerful and influential on Congress as corporations. They’re simply not, almost irrelevant today, so why anyone fears them is beyond me.
I suppose the irony is lost on some here as they go into their anti-union talking points on the day after a holiday, many of whom get both thursday and friday off to make it a 4-day weekend. Just where do you think the concept of a holiday, and even the weekend, came from? Generous industrialists?Many people literally died fighting for such things we take for granted today in the workplace. Think about it before you parrot the talking points of the 1%. I only wish they were anywhere near as powerful and influential on Congress as corporations. They’re simply not, almost irrelevant today, so why anyone fears them is beyond me.